Israelis voted in their highest numbers for more than half a century in the country’s first election since the October 2023 Hamas attack, effectively a referendum on the war-dominated rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Turnout stood at 31.5% as of 12 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the central election committee, the highest level at ...Read more

Before most Americans step into the voting booth in November, they will already know their choices at the top of the ballot, in races for governor, the Senate and House of Representatives. But a race near the bottom of the ballot – for the chief prosecutor in their local district – will probably affect the voters’ lives more directly....Read more

When Americans hear of child soldiers, they may imagine tragic images of children wielding rifles on distant battlefields.

But the conditions that help warlords recruit children into armed conflict abroad also help gang leaders draw young people into violent organizations in the U.S.

In cities across the country, gang violence...Read more

Israel is holding its first election since the October 2023 Hamas attack that traumatized the nation and triggered the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, a vote many consider to be the country’s most consequential in decades.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 77, is seeking reelection on Tuesday, bolstered by the endorsement of U.S. President ...Read more

BRICELYN, Minn. — Last summer, President Donald Trump’s signature tax law cemented his administration’s policy legacy, driving down taxes for individuals and businesses and cutting social welfare benefits for people with no kids or low incomes.

A year later the tax law barely registers on campaign commercials ahead of November’s ...Read more

On Tuesday, Israelis will head to the polls for an election that the international press has described as Israel’s most consequential in decades — if not ever. The outcome will determine whether Israel continues its march to the ultraright, in which extremist political parties increasingly serve as kingmakers, or whether it reorients to the ...Read more

The Trump administration’s lawsuit against Alaska, which seeks to block certification of the U.S. Senate results there if the GOP candidate does not win, is the latest in a long series of actions throughout 2026 in which the administration has attempted to wrest control of federal elections from states.

In the Alaska case, the U.S. ...Read more

President Donald Trump is coming back to Kansas for the second time this month.

Trump will hold a rally at a not-yet-disclosed location in Salina on Saturday, a representative from the Republican National Committee confirmed to The Star. The event will start at 10:30 a.m. and Trump is expected to speak at noon, according to an RSVP page.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The author of a draft House resolution to impeach the defense secretary said Monday he plans to force a vote on the measure the week of Nov. 9.

The Pete Hegseth impeachment resolution is a “week one” issue for the House lame-duck session, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said in a phone interview.

“I’m not sure if I would do ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle threw fresh uncertainty into the debate over renewing warrantless surveillance authority on Monday.

Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., said the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act needs a warrant requirement, while Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Adam B. Schiff, D-...Read more

WASHINGTON — An Illinois man has been charged with sending letters with substances inside to four congressional offices, apparently separate from dozens of other suspicious letters addressed to members of Congress this month.

Officials unsealed the case against the man, Matthew G. Unglesbee, 37, in an Illinois federal court Monday. Unglesbee ...Read more

President Donald Trump headed to Mississippi on Monday as Democrats hope to put more very deep-red states in play in next week’s midterm congressional elections.

With Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., locked in a surprisingly close contest with Democrat Scott Colom, Trump was aiming to rev up his MAGA base to vote amid growing signs of an ...Read more

President Donald Trump stumped for Florida candidates at a packed rally last week at Alico Arena in Fort Myers.

He encouraged voters to cast their ballots for Republican U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds as Florida’s next governor and for GOP U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, who is running to keep her seat.

He also told the crowd they’ll receive $5,000 if ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump offered $1 million Monday to anyone who reports voter fraud that leads to an arrest and conviction, escalating his efforts to cast doubt on the midterms as Republicans risk losing control of Congress.

"Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $...Read more

The average price Americans are paying for gasoline under President Donald Trump has overtaken the average during the Biden administration, underscoring the political pressure on Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.

Trump had pledged to lower gasoline prices to below $2 a gallon, but almost two years into his presidency the fuel’s ...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the Trump administration obtained assurances from Venezuela’s interim government weeks before María Corina Machado’s surprise return that the opposition leader could enter the country safely and move freely, providing the clearest account yet of Washington’s role in her homecoming after ...Read more

Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee issued a 53-page report Monday alleging that five women have accused President Donald Trump of rape or sexual assault while in the company of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, or shortly after meeting the men together, decades before his presidency.

The Committee presented at least one new ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s threat to veto everything that a possibly Democratic-run Congress might send him next year is igniting a debate in the opposition party as it contemplates a legislative agenda in a divided Washington.

The Republican president, who has spent his 11 years in national politics touting deal-making chops he ...Read more